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Details:
Paperback, 224 pages
ISBN: 1571780300
Publisher: Council Oak Distribution
Pub. Date: June 1997
Dimensions (in inches): 0.70 x 7.97 x 5.20
Table of
contents:
Introduction
The Saga of Discovery
The Great Judean Desert Scroll Rush
Oracles of God
Abomination and Hope
A Peculiar People
The Wicked Priest
The Last Priests of Jerusalem
The Coming of the Baptist
The Man-Child
The Son of Man Steps Out
A Prophetic Biography of the Man of Galilee
Holocaust
From Jerusalem to Masada
App. A. What Do the Dead Sea Scrolls Contain?
App. B. The Archaeologists Dig On: More Recent Excavations
Notes to the Appendixes
Bibliography
Editorial Reviews:
Midwest Book Review
Dead Sea Scrolls: The Untold Story is the exciting story of the Dead Sea
Scrolls, of where they came from and what they meant to those who wrote them.
What might they reveal for today's world? Why were they hidden in desert caves
for two thousand years, coming to light again at the moment in history when the
long diaspora of the Jews ended and the modern State of Israel was born? Israel
in the years 200 BC to AD 70 was a place of prophets, Pharisees, Essenes, Herods,
high priests. It was also a time of turmoil. , beginning with devastating
persecution of Jews at the hands of the Syrians and culminating in the
destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans. Here is also the story of a mysterious
"Teacher of Righteousness" and his followers, their deadly confrontation with a
powerful "Wicked Priest", and how the beliefs and practices of a fundamentalist
Jewish sect laid the groundwork for the subsequent development of Christianity.
Customer Reviews:
A Fascinating Read!
Before reading this book, I was completely unaware of the excitment which
surrounds the Dead Sea Scolls. Hanson masterfully explains the origins and
history of a truly magnificent find. Enhanced by a passion for the subject and a
poetic writing syle, this author brings to life something that is more than just
an ancient text! To put it simply, it was captivating! - A reader from Florida
Beginners Dead Sea Scrolls
I was just learning about the Dead Sea Scrolls when I first read this book, and
I must say, I found it an intriguing and informative source of information. It
was easy to understand and provided me with valuable information. This is a
great book for virtually any age--young or old, who is intersted in learning
about, or expanding their knolwedge of, the Dead Sea Scrolls. - Melissa Weaver
from Saint Paul, MN
Finally, a readable book
about the Dead Sea Scrolls
Dr. Hanson's effort is the first Dead Sea Scroll book I was able to finish. From
beginning to end, I felt like I was transported in time to the fantastic and
miraculous events so well described by Hanson. Other books about the Scrolls are
packed with such weighty detail and self-righteous importance that the "man on
the street" reader can hardly get through the initial chapters. Hanson, however,
gives a clear and concise account of the Scroll discoveries written in a prose
that humbly acknowledges the supernatural aspects of this remarkably important
find. As a linguistics instructor at a major university, an amateur historian,
and an ordained minister, I recommend Dr. Hanson's book to anyone wanting to
understand the significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls without having to become an
expert in ancient languages or wade through the political ideologies of elitist
academians. Specifically, this book belongs in the library of every minister or
lay minister who seeks a deeper understanding of the events that shaped the life
and times of Jesus of Nazareth. - A reader from Orlando, Florida
Long ago, pieces of
parchment, inscribed by learned scholars, were rolled into scrolls, read and
studied only by a select few. For reasons still unknown to us, they were hidden
in mountainous desert caves. Then, on a fateful day in 1947, when an Arab lad
was searching for his lost goat, he stumbled upon what was to become the most
important archaeological find of the twentieth century -- ancient scrolls,
depicting the life and hopes of an unknown Jewish sect.
In an adventure resembling a
spy novel, thousands of scroll fragments were ultimately found in caves on the
shores of the Dead Sea. But questions persist:
• Who
wrote the Dead Sea Scrolls?
• What are the contents of the mysterious books comprising the scrolls?
• Why were these documents deliberately sequestered for decades?
• Will these parchments change our understanding of the Biblical world?
Discover
the answers in this lively, accessible volume.
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